Associations Between Diabetes and Cognitive Function in Socioeconomically Diverse African American and White Men and Women.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine whether race and poverty (income <125% of the federal poverty limit), modifies associations between diabetes and cognition in a biracial, urban-dwelling sample.

Methods

Cross-sectional data for 2066 participants (mean age = 47.6 years, 56.8% women, 56.2% African American, 38.6% below poverty) from the first wave of the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span study were used for analyses. Eleven tests measured cognitive function. Interactions among diabetes, race, and poverty status with cognition were assessed in multiple regression analyses.

Results

Significant interactions among diabetes, race, and poverty status were observed. Among African Americans below poverty, diabetic individuals performed lower than nondiabetic

SUBMITTER: Dore GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4563816 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature